Variously spelled as Achellus, Achellis, Achilles, and Archellus in reference to the same individual, his name in the R-MC matriculation book simply states "A. Buford Coleman." He enlisted in Co. C of the 21st VA Infantry on June 20, 1861. Coleman spent much of the war in hospitals in Stuanton, Lynchburg, Richmond, and Farmville with illnesses such as nephritis, syphilitic rheumatism, syphilitic erythma, and morbi varii (general illness with unknown origin). He was eventually detailed as a clerk in the hospital in Farmville in March 1865.
He survived his illnesses and moved to Kentucky after the war, where he was a teacher in Trigg County in 1870. By 1900, he was farming in Princeton in Caldwell County,KY. He died January 9, 1912 and is buried in Princeton, KY in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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